SACRAMENTO, CA - A Sacramento fourth grade teacher with his own website and a multimedia approach to educating took top honors in this year's Esquire Imax News10 Teacher of the Year Awards.
John Castro found his passion for teaching as a student reading tutor while he was still in college.
He now teaches fourth grade at Earl Warren Elementary School, where he has been for the last seven years.
Castro's award comes after an evening honoring 12 area school teachers. This year's panel was heavy on math and science and all brought family, friends and co-workers to the Esquire Imax Theatre for Thursday night's ceremony.
Each teacher received a certificate for dinner courtesy of the L Wine Lounge and Urban Kitchen.